A MURDERED Hereford teenager has been described by his mother during an emotional funeral service as someone who entered so many lives.

Hundreds of mourners packed into St Martin’s Church this afternoon to mark the death of 17-year-old Daren Loader.

Dozens more were forced to listen to the service outside the Ross Road church.

His mother, Tracy Jones, wrote a tribute read out by Rev Clive Evans.

“I have never known how much one person could come into so many people’s lives,” it read.

“Ask anyone to sum Daren up in three words and I’m sure they would say; caring, funny and perhaps cheeky."

The tribute said Daren lived for parties and was always the “joker of the pack”.

The service was followed by a burial at Hereford Cemetery.

Daren was killed in an underpass off Whitecross Road in March.

Two men charged with his death are due before Worcester Crown Court in July.

For more information, see next week's Hereford Times.